Public Records/Emergency Department Physicians

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Public Records/Emergency Department Physicians; Defining the term “emergency department physician”; providing exemptions from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current emergency department physicians and the spouses and certain children of such emergency department physicians; requiring certain agencies that are custodians of the exempt information to maintain the exempt status of such information under certain circumstances; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Oct 23, 2025SenateFiled
2. Nov 3, 2025CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules · Senate Health Policy
3. Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroduced
4. Jan 28, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Health Policy
5. Feb 2, 2026CommitteeCS by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 · Senate Health Policy11–0 vote
6. Feb 3, 2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
7. Feb 4, 2026CommitteeNow in Governmental Oversight and Accountability · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
8. Feb 4, 2026CommitteeCS by Health Policy read 1st time · Senate Health Policy
9. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Governmental Oversight and Accountability · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

• Ana Maria RodriguezR Primary sponsor · District 40
• HP Health Policy Sponsoring committee